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Music in Wells Cathedral 2019 Thursday 10 January 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Richard Tanner (Director of Music, Rugby School) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Friday 18 January 7.00pm PROMENADE CONCERT: TALLIS VOICES – REGINA COELI Peter Leech (conductor) A promenade concert of renaissance choral music commemorating the Blessed Virgin Mary Tickets: £10.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, at the door, or by post from Dr C.R. Lovell, Green Farm Cottage,The Green, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BA, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope In aid of the Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust (wcct.co.uk) Tuesday 22 January 7.00pm PROMENADE CONCERT: WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL Incidental music from opera, ballet, and staged production performed by brass and percussion students Tickets: £10.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door In aid of Wells Cathedral Music Wednesday 23 January 7.00pm PROMENADE CONCERT: WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL The talented woodwind students perform evocative and colourful repertoire, filling the spaces of Wells Cathedral with beautiful music Tickets: £10.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door In aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 24 January 7.00 – 8.00pm (in the Quire) PROMENADE CONCERT: MESSIAEN’S LA NATIVITÉ DU SEIGNEUR Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral) and Prebendary Elsa van der Zee (reader) give the annual performance of Olivier Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of our Lord) Tickets: £10.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door In aid of Wells Cathedral Music Friday 25 January 7.00pm PROMENADE CONCERT: OPUS ANGLICANUM WITH JASON REBELLO Candlemas Revisited: Opus Anglicanum return to Wells with their unique and popular performances of medieval chant, with brilliant jazz pianist Jason Rebello shedding new light on this wonderful music.The audience will be free to explore the wonderful spaces of the Cathedral while the magical chant of Candlemas fills the building Tickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, opusanglicanum.org, and at the door Thursday 31 January 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 25 The twenty-fifth in the series of organ recitals surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach, played by Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers, Wells Cathedral) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music
Saturday 2 February 1.05pm A CEREMONY OF CAROLS: CHORISTERS OF WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR The Choristers of Wells Cathedral Choir perform Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols in a fundraising concert for Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust Tickets: £TBC; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door In aid of the Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust (wcct.co.uk) Friday 8 February 7.30pm SHERBORNE SCHOOL CHORAL SOCIETY VERDI: REQUIEM Tickets: £10.00, £12.00, and £15.00; available from Sherborne Girls’ School, Sherborne School, and Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office Thursday 21 February 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Callum Alger (St Peter’s Collegiate Church,Wolverhampton) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Friday 22 February 7.30pm HIGH SHERIFF’S CONCERT SUMORSǢTE EALLE: CELEBRATING SOMERSET Music, song, dance, theatre, and storytelling from across Somerset From Porlock to Portishead, Chard to Chew Magna,Wincanton to Widcombe and everywhere in between. Join the High Sheriff of Somerset in Wells, to mark the end of his shreival year in an inspiring, moving, and unique reflection of our beautiful and diverse county Tickets: £5.00 – £20.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door This event is kindly sponsored by Bath Spa University, Strode College,Wessex Water, and Lyecross Farm Thursday 14 March 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Harrison Cole (Senior Organ Scholar,Wells Cathedral) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Tuesday 19 March 7.30pm MILLFIELD FESTIVAL CHORUS CHARLES GOUNOD: MESSE SOLENNELLE DE SAINTE-CÉCILE Eloise Routledge (soprano), William Wallace (tenor), Andrew Davies (bass), Matthew Cook (conductor) Millfield School Choir joins with Millfield Chorale to form the Millfield Festival Chorus, continuing a twenty-year tradition of performing major choral works in Wells Cathedral.This year, the Chorus performs Gounod’s beautifully expressive and sensuous Messe Solonnelle de Sainte-Cécile Tickets: free of charge.To reserve, please email Millfield Music School on music@millfieldschool.com Thursday 21 March 7.30 – 8.40pm (in the Quire) EARLY MUSIC WELLS CONCERT Programme to be announced Tickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door Saturday 30 March 7.00pm WELLS CATHEDRAL ORATORIO SOCIETY ELGAR: THE APOSTLES Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society, English Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Owens (conductor) Tickets: £12.00 – £28.00; available from wcos.org.uk,Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door
Thursday 11 April 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Henrik Bo Hansen (Denmark) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Palm Sunday 14 April 3.00 – 4.00pm PHILIP WILBY: ST MATTHEW PASSION (world premiere) Wells Cathedral Choir, Jeremy Cole (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor) Commissioned by Cathedral Commissions of Wells Cathedral, this major new setting of the St Matthew Passion is given its world premiere by Wells Cathedral Choir within a service for Palm Sunday Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Good Friday 19 April 7.30pm BATH CAMERATA: THE GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT Benjamin Goodson (conductor) For their thirty-second Good Friday Concert, Bath Camerata performs Bach’s Der Geist Hilft and Komm Jesu, Komm alongside James MacMillan’s extraordinary Miserere, and works from the Strathclyde Motets. The concert also includes works by Friedrich Cerha and Heinrich Schütz Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 25 April 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 26 The twenty-sixth in the series of organ recitals surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach played by Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 9 May 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Joshua Stephens (Assistant Director of Music, Sheffield Cathedral) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 13 June 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Christopher Herrick (Concert Organist) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Friday 14 June 7.30 – 8.40pm (in the Quire) EARLY MUSIC WELLS CONCERT Programme to be announced Tickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door Thursday 27 June 7.30pm WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Laetitia Amodio (piano) Featuring Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (‘Titan’) Tickets: £10.00 – £18.00; available from Wells Cathedral School Box Office Please visit wells-cathedral-school.com and click on events or telephone 01749 834483 Saturday 6 July 7.00pm BATH BACH CHOIR MOZART: REQUIEM; EXULTATE JUBILATE Southern Sinfonia, Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Nigel Perrin (conductor) Tickets: £10.00 – £30.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door
Thursday 11 July 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Matthew Redman (Director of Music, St John’s Church, Glastonbury) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Saturday 27 July 7.00pm SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR BACH: ST JOHN PASSION Somerset Chamber Choir, The Musical and Amicable Society, James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Sophie Gallagher (soprano), Timothy Morgan (counter-tenor), Rory Carver (tenor), Harry Thatcher (Pilate), Niall Anderson (Jesus), Richard Laing (conductor) An unmissable concert, featuring one of the world’s foremost Evangelists and one of the finest baroque orchestras in the UK Tickets: £10.00 – £25.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office,Taunton Tourist Visitor Centre (01823 340470), somersetchamberchoir.org.uk, and at the door Thursday 8 August 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Barry Rose, OBE (formerly of Guildford, St Paul’s, and St Albans Cathedrals) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Friday 6 September 7.30pm THE SIXTEEN Harry Christophers (conductor) The 2019 Choral Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen’s choral journey over the last 40 years.The choir’s close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission, O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on their very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard.These fine examples of English polyphony are juxtaposed with stunning music by Tavener and Eric Whitacre in The Sixteen’s 40th anniversary year Tickets: £15.00 – £30.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, tickets.ncem.co.uk, and at the door Thursday 12 September 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Colin Walsh (Organist Laureate, Lincoln Cathedral) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 26 September 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 27 The twenty-seventh of the series of organ recitals surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach played by Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Friday 27 September 7.30 – 8.40pm (in the Quire) EARLY MUSIC WELLS CONCERT Programme to be announced Tickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door Thursday 10 October 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Damin Spritzer (Assistant Professor of Organ, University of Oklahoma, USA) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music
Friday 11 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the North Transept) NEW MUSIC WELLS: LUNCHTIME CONCERT Programme to be announced Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Monday 14 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the North Transept) NEW MUSIC WELLS: PIANOWORKS Part of the new music wells 79–19 festival, given by specialist pianists from Wells Cathedral School Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Tuesday 15 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the North Transept) NEW MUSIC WELLS: LUNCHTIME CONCERT Programme to be announced Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Tuesday 15 October 7.30pm NEW MUSIC WELLS: EVENING CONCERT Programme to be announced Tickets: £10.00 – £20.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door In aid of Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust (wcct.co.uk) Wednesday 16 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the North Transept) NEW MUSIC WELLS: LUNCHTIME CONCERT Programme to be announced Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Wednesday 16 October 2.30 – 3.30pm (in Quilter Hall,Wells Cathedral School) NEW MUSIC WELLS: COMPOSER CONVERSATIONS WITH MICHAEL BERKELEY A fascinating insight into the compositional world of this year’s new music wells Composer-in-Residence, Charlotte Bray, in conversation with fellow composer Michael Berkeley CBE (Lord Berkeley of Knighton) – presenter of BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions – with an opportunity for questions from the audience Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 17 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the Quire) NEW MUSIC WELLS: ORGANWORKS Programme to be announced Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 17 October 2.00 – 4.00pm (in Cedars Hall,Wells Cathedral School) NEW MUSIC WELLS: COMPOSITION MASTERCLASS This year’s new music wells Composer-in-Residence, Charlotte Bray, gives a composition masterclass as part of the festival, working with students from Wells Cathedral School Admission: free Remembrance Sunday 10 November 3.00 – 4.00pm REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY: REQUIEM Wells Cathedral Choir, Jeremy Cole (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor) The annual act of remembrance at Wells Cathedral Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of the Poppy Appeal and Wells Cathedral Music
Thursday 14 November 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL Given by students of Wells Cathedral School Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Thursday 14 November 8.00pm (in the Nave) VICARS CHORAL COMMEMORATION CONCERT A candlelit concert featuring a selection of some of the finest cathedral music for men’s voices and arrangements of popular songs, performed by the highly-acclaimed Vicars Choral of Wells Cathedral Choir, conducted by Jeremy Cole Tickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office Saturday 16 November 7.00pm WELLS CATHEDRAL ORATORIO SOCIETY PÄRT: BERLINER MASS AND LAURIDSEN: LUX AETERNA Matthew Owens (conductor) Tickets: £12.00 – £28.00; available from wcos.org.uk,Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door Tuesday 19 November 7.30pm G4 CHRISTMAS After a sell-out show in 2018, G4 Christmas returns to Wells Cathedral! Expect to hear timeless classics such as When a Child is Born, Silent Night, and All I want for Christmas, as well as delightful medleys to evoke the Christmas spirit, all delivered up-close and personal in one of the UK’s most iconic historical venues VIP tickets include a Meet and Greet with G4 at 6.00pm, where you will be able to chat to the boys over a glass of mulled wine, take photographs, and get autographs Tickets: £12.50 – £79.50; available from g4official.com,Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door Friday 22 November 7.30 – 8.40pm (in the Quire) EARLY MUSIC WELLS CONCERT Programme to be announced Tickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door Thursday 28 November 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire) BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 28 The twenty-eighth of the series of organ recitals surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach played by Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral) Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music Saturday 7 December 7.00pm WELLS CATHEDRAL ORATORIO SOCIETY HANDEL: MESSIAH Music for Awhile Orchestra (on period instruments), Matthew Owens (conductor) Book early for Handel’s greatest Oratorio, in the annual performance from the Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society and one of Europe’s finest period instrument orchestras Tickets: £12.00 – £28.00; available from wcos.org.uk, Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door
Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 December 7.00pm
WELLS CATHEDRAL JUNIOR SCHOOL
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Jill Edmonds (musical director), Neil Johnson (speech director)
Featuring song, speech, and instrumental items
Admission: free
Friday 13 December 7.30pm
THE CHRISTMAS JETHRO TULL CONCERT
Ian Anderson (flute, vocals, and magic), John O’Hara (piano and organ),
David Goodier (bass guitar), Florian Opahle (guitar), Scott Hammond
(drums), Choristers of Wells Cathedral, and some surprise guests
Whether your Christmas is a secular affair of gift-giving and family togetherness,
or an observation of one of the most important days in the Christian calendar, join
us for some uplifting Christmas spirit, music, readings and maybe even a prayer or
two.The programme will include some of the best-known repertoire of Jethro Tull
and a few snippets of seasonal traditional church and classical music performed by
the Choristers of Wells Cathedral Choir
Tickets: £15.00 – £50.00; available from Eventbrite,Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office,
and at the door
In aid of Wells Cathedral
Monday 16 December 7.30pm (in the Quire)
OPUS ANGLICANUM: MEDIAEVAL CAROLS
Opus Anglicanum present their atmospheric Christmas programme of wonderful
medieval music and readings, Gregorian chant, and polyphony. Experience a
candlelit journey into the spiritual heart of a medieval Christmas
Tickets: £TBC; available from opusanglicanum.org,Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office,
and at the door
Thursday 19, Friday 20, and Saturday 21 December 7.00pm
CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
WITH WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Jeremy Cole (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)
Early booking is advised for these highly popular concerts in which the Cathedral
Choir performs seasonal music, interspersed with readings, and the Cathedral is
lit by thousands of candles
Tickets: £15.00 – £30.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office from 1 May and
at the door, if not sold out prior to the day; please ask about our Sponsor a Candle scheme
(shop@wellscathedral.uk.net)
Proceeds from these concerts support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider work of Wells Cathedral
The information given in this leaflet is correct at time of going to press but
alterations may have to be made in exceptional circumstances.
For a copy or copies of this leaflet, please send a S.A.E. to:
Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office,Wells Cathedral,Wells, Somerset BA5 2PA
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President: Lord Michael Berkeley CBE Artistic Director: Matthew Owens
Become a Young Commissioner (£5 per month, for 18–25 year olds),
Commissioner (£10 per month), or Patron (£50 per month) to support our
2019 commissions by Philip Wilby and Charlotte Bray
Being a Cathedral Commissioner enables you to become part of a group that shares the unique
experience of enabling a new piece of music to come into being.As a Cathedral Commissioner you will:
• be invited to the main rehearsal for the premiere of the work, with the composer in attendance
• be a VIP guest at the premiere
• have your score signed by the composer at a special reception
• have your name printed in the score; this may include a dedication to a family member or a friend
• be kept up to date with the progress of the work after its premiere
• directly support the work of a contemporary composer
• directly support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider English choral tradition
For further details about this exciting opportunity please contact Dr Nicholas Hooper, Cathedral
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Lunchtime Concerts How to Book
Visiting Choir Informal Concerts Wells Cathedral Shops
Throughout the year visiting choirs come to All tickets sold through the Cathedral Shop
give informal concerts at lunchtime, starting Box Office may be booked by the methods
at 1.05pm for approximately 45 minutes. below. We are able to sell the tickets as soon
They come from the USA, Canada, Australia, as the concert organisers deliver them.
Russia, Continental Europe as well as this The Box Office is open 10.30am – 4.30pm
country. Please check details on the (4.00pm during Winter hours) Monday to
Cathedral Music List. Saturday, and 11.30am – 4.30pm (4.00pm during
Winter hours) on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Wells Cathedral School, Tickets for the Candlelight Concerts will be available from 1 May.
Music School Concert Hall N.B. Please note, tickets cannot be refunded.
Lunchtime concerts are given by pupils on
Tuesdays,Thursdays, and occasionally on Personal Bookings
Wednesdays and Fridays at 1.00pm during Tickets can be bought from one of the till points
each school term. Admission is free. in the Cathedral Shop. Credit/debit cards or
Wells is one of the four schools in England cash will be accepted.
which caters for children of outstanding Telephone Bookings
musical ability. Bookings and payment may be made by
telephone to the Box Office between the
opening hours noted above. Please call
01749 672773 with your credit/debit card
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